CROpod: The Other Rangers Podcast

Shane is back! And so are those other two guys, David and Todd. It's a shorter CROpod but the whole gang is trying to get back in the mix as we start 2023 the same way we've started every other year of the show—talking absolute nonsense. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cropod/message

Shane and Todd decided to go ahead and shoot early Tuesday morning for both of them. You get what you get, but we'll be back with regular CROpod content here soon. Enjoy this bit of nonsense. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

David's mic has a click; Todd still brought fascism back to Italy; and Shane is recording from his diner. But it's the 10th anniversary of the CROpod! And the big three are back together! How Shane dislocated his shoulder; how he's shoulder deep in the shit trying to save two different businesses; how Rangers are making us all absolutely furious; and some of your questions. It's 10 years of the CROpod in only the best way we could possibly do it. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's been gone! Find out why! And also hear about his latest bar fight! A quick update before we get back to CROpodding. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Baseball has long been the national pastime of the US, and because one has so much time to kill while it's being played, baseball is pretty damn weird. Colin doesn't get it and Shane is here to do his best in a new CROpod Explains America. Pick off throws, anthem standoffs, fans interfering in the games, and why cheating is okay! Until it's not. The very nature of the sport lends itself to any number of ridiculous scenarios cropping up, and because it's been around for so long, almost all of them have at least once. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Colin on Twitter: @DonttellCol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

A full day of CROpod content comes to end as Shane is joined by H&H regular and Nolecast host Ingram Smith to discuss why we love college football so much. Not missing a chance to score points, Shane reminds Ingram of the 1998 National Championship game as often as possible as both the guys are living vicariously through glory years for their respective programs gone by. But the pair find common ground on the unique social experience that is NCAA football, especially in the south. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous and members can find some bonus content on the Buy Me A Coffee page! ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Ingram on Twitter: @IngramSmith --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's back for a wide-ranging chat with his sometime drinking-buddy and fellow-American Jon Townsend. A tragic history of their own injuries and experiences throughout the various levels of local football in the USA before an update on Jon's book, It's Just A Ball: Exploring The Complexity Of A Simple Game. In Part 2, the guys talk about the problems that US Soccer is suddenly having to face after years of ignoring them, namely the building of a culture that has tolerated and even encouraged the grooming and sexual abuse of young athletes. And we take a couple of your questions to finish it out. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous and members can find some bonus content on the Buy Me A Coffee page! ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Jon on Twitter: @jon_townsend3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The Canadian has returned! And all he left behind is a newly-oldy-fascist Italy! Todd is back with Shane and David for a full 90 minutes of CROpod action filled with Rangers and coffee and dugs and everything else you expect. Todd tells us about how horrible it was to be on holiday in paradise because it was slightly windy one day, and David has his regular list of complaints about Liverpool. Plus, Shane went for a walk and it lasted longer than he wanted; a bunch of your questions; and another round of I Dissent! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Saturday was good; Tuesday not so much. But Tuesday's gone and Shane and Peter are back for a new edition of Don't Ask Me No Questions! When do we actually get a right-wing? Why do we like to throw young center-halves to the wolves? WTF was Robbie Neilson talking about? And when is UEFA finally going to murder a bunch of supporters outside a ground? SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous and members can find some bonus content on the Buy Me A Coffee page! ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Saturday's result has made the days off before Tuesday a little easier to get through, but Scottish referees have an answer to the good feelings: VAR! Shane's still not sure how that would fix the match official's performance we saw for Rangers' win at Hearts. Robbie Neilson thinks the ref could've done more to make Cammy Devlin a better person; Ally McCoist couldn't be a better person; and our American players are better than anyone else's in Europe. All that and more on this edition of Second Hand News! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Well, that certainly made the weekend seem a lot better, didn't it? Rangers rolled out comfortable winners at Tynecastle Saturday with a 4-nil victory to maybe take some momentum into Anfield for Tuesday's Champions League tie. Antonio Colak keeps banging them in; Alfredo Morelos never lost it; and Ryan Kent nearly equals his goal tally from last season. Plus, Steven McLean had a bad one but even he couldn't get the one big decision wrong, and Liverpool struggle at home with Brighton. It's Second Hand News on the CROpod! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The international break is over and we've got to get ready for the return of Gio's Rangers at the weekend and the bomb scare of Anfield next week. But Peter is back for his last shift filling in for Todd, and Shane and David are happy to fill him in on the past 30-plus years of culture. The economy is in the bin and the UK is seeking out the techniques of a guy who destroyed the US equivalent fully four decades ago; The Wall is a terrible movie with a very good soundtrack; the club just keeps making us all mad every single day; after conquering Andy and Rob like Donetsk, Shane sets his sights on the rest of Heart & Hand; and bad opinions about dugs from a listener. All that and more on this week's CROpod! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

American sports teams love to move house—they always have, and it's something almost wholly unique to the country's sports leagues. Colin wants to know why, and Shane is here to once again hurt his brain with the explanation. A little chat about the hurricane that ravaged Florida on Wednesday and why a very smart man whose ideas have been proven absolutely terrible around the world is now ravaging the economy of the United Kingdom before Shane lays out a century-plus of American sports teams moving wherever whenever for whatever reason. (The reason is always money.) Read more about Arthur Laffer and his bad economic ideas. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Colin on Twitter: @DonttellCol Check out the previous episode in this series: The Dinosaurs and The Black Belt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Fans hear all the time about the true "stakeholders" in football whether it be from Rangers or the governing bodies of the game. But who are the stakeholders those voices are actually beholden to? The new SPFL television deal shows once again that, when it comes to what supporters want, those in charge of the sport simply do not care beyond paying lip service to the people who keep them in their jobs. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

First, no one knew how to actually go about removing a president from office. Then, no one knew what to do when the president had left the office. In Episode 9 of the Watergate at 50 series, Shane and David are back to recount the tumultuous first few weeks of the new administration, one failed from the start by the one it had just succeeded. An unelected Gerald Ford is suddenly thrust into the biggest job in the world and struggles with what to do with the lingering question of the legal ramifications for Richard Nixon. He settles on a "full, free and absolute pardon" of the former president, but that decision raises questions that the House Judiciary Committee calls on Ford to answer. Plus, Nixon struggles for answers in his own interview with a British journalist hanging onto his career, and the 37th president has to pave a new path post-White House that no one before him had ever gone down. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. Leave a voice recording of your question or comment for Shane and David for the upcoming final episodes of Watergate at 50: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message. Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @DavidAEdgar23 Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ ******************** Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money Episode 3: A Third-Rate Burglary Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer Episode 5: Cox, Lies and Audiotape Episode 6: Shaping the Story Episode 7: What the Expletive Deleted is Impeachment? Episode 8: Death Spiral --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

It's episode one of the new Don't Ask Me No Questions series, and Shane is joined for this occasion by CROpod veteran Peter to try to understand why the SPFL keeps doing the things it does. The new TV deal is symptomatic of the larger problems that impact Scottish football and therefore hold back Rangers, but how is it that these same people who've failed the game over and over again keep getting the opportunity? SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Despite (or perhaps owing to) the best efforts of its biggest proponents, the proposed contract extension between the SPFL and Sky for broadcast rights continues to look worse. One club chairman came out over the weekend saying analysis of the deal had lacked facts and context—and then flat out lied about the facts of the deal while providing the kind of context one expects from the diddy clubs. At the end of the day, they're going to find a way to force this thing through and then tell us all that they listened to our concerns. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The international break drags on, but on the plus side, there's no Rangers to talk about for Shane, David and Peter on this week's CROpod. At least no football; you can't get through an international break anymore without Rangers coming along to really annoy you about something. Crossover-content as Richard Nixon made some headlines this week, plus we say goodbye to Lewis Macleod in a manner about as brief as his shining moments for the club. Most of the second half is spent tackling listener questions, which means of course that we begin to answer questions and then reminisce about World Cups of yore. All that and more on this week's CROpod. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @IbroxRocks Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Day Two of the Rangers Directors Providing Absolutely No Tangible Information But Talking A Lot series continues as Stewart Robertson follows John Bennett's world salad starter with a main course. The managing director, in typical fashion, contradicted many things he's said before, continuing the trend of board members telling us how communication to fans needs to be improved while apparently rewriting the very definition of improved. No PhDs on offer but some actual questions that still haven't been answered on this edition of Second Hand News. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page or go to support.thecoplandroad.org and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

International breaks are terrible. Thankfully, Rangers are committed to making sure we always have something to talk about instead of simply enjoying a couple weeks off. In this episode of Second Hand News, Shane's back to listen to what Brian Laudrup says because it echoes what a lot of people have been saying. Plus, John Bennett wants a half hour of your time to explain why he wants a half hour of your time; and former potential Rangers investor Robert Sarver is actually a racist POS, according to the NBA. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Rangers barely get past Dundee United (yeah, that Dundee United) at home in a 2-1 win and, boy, things just keep going from weakness to weakness with this squad. But Shane's here to at least point out how bad the SPFL is at managing its broadcast rights before getting to how bad this Rangers team has become. Thank god for Antonio Colak's goals and Kevin Clancy deciding today wasn't going to be one of those days. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Ever think a 100 million-year-old coastline couldn't have an impact on global politics? Man, are you wrong! And Shane and Colin are back to explain why in this edition of CROpod Explains America. Find out how an inland sea during dinosaur times shapes American and, quite frankly, all of western politics. What the hell does an ancient seabed have to do with modern politics? Is John Roberts actually a lizard person from the late Cretaceous? How racist do you have to be to hate the area where a beach was millions and millions of years ago? All this and more in this episode! Watch the Field of Vision 2016 documentary here. And here are a bunch of maps that show you how all this stuff lays out. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Colin on Twitter: @DonttellCol Check out the previous episode in this series: Student Loans! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's back for another Second Hand News after Rangers' third loss on the bounce following Wednesday's Champions League matchup with Napoli. Problems: we got 'em, we knew we had 'em, we didn't do anything about 'em. And now we get to deal with 'em. It's a shame such a great moment pre-match was undone by months and months of poor planning. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Todd missed training and has been suspended accordingly, so Shane and David are joined by Peter who's back to party like it's 2012. Your usual general chat gives way to Rangers and the Champions League on Wednesday as we close out the first half of the show. Part two comes in with a lovely story about a World War II man finally being laid to rest under his name before the panel discusses the real big news of the past week. Personal reflections from the men on the island; Peter tells us how it's been in Edinburgh since the weekend; showing respect is easy if you just try; and we close out this week with a round of I Dissent! as Shane plays judge, jury and executioner for the others' bad ideas. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @IbroxRocks Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The Special Prosecutor is fitting out his allies for their prison attire. Impeachment is a certainty in the House. And even Republicans in the Senate have let him know that the outcome is a foregone conclusion. In Episode 8 of their Watergate at 50 series, Shane and David are back as the final days of the Nixon presidency draw to an inevitable finish. There are still a couple of characters left to play their big part, namely Leon Jaworski and Alexander Haig. You've heard about them plenty of times in this series but find out how they came to be the two most influential figures in these closing acts. Plus, the Supreme Court makes it known that they're tired of all the grandstanding; Barry Goldwater tells the president his tired act no longer works on the GOP's base; and a tired Richard Nixon says goodbye to his staff and rides away from Washington. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @DavidAEdgar23 Leave a voice recording of your question or comment for Shane and David for the upcoming final episodes of Watergate at 50. ******************** Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money Episode 3: A Third-Rate Burglary Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer Episode 5: Cox, Lies and Audiotape Episode 6: Shaping the Story Episode 7: What the Expletive Deleted is Impeachment? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

We decided to hold all of our planned shows until after the weekend, but Shane's back with a Friday edition of Second Hand News as the football world slows down for a few days to remember Queen Elizabeth II. A little more on the troubles with Rangers and just how far back they go, including why Dave King and part of the Three Bears have resurfaced in headlines recently. The NFL kicks off and the Chicago Bears are trying out a slightly new turn on an old stadium trick. And a Very Hungry Bear eats cake. Bear down, folks; it's Second Hand News on the CROpod. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit our Buy Me A Coffee page and help out the CROpod for as little as $3. Contributors to the show automatically enter our drawings for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Rangers have shipped eight goals in two games and have a squad full of players who look like they've given up on the manager; the time has come for drastic changes from the top down. What happened in Amsterdam was no different than what happened at the weekend; it can't stop with Gio; where's the captain in all of this; plus, some US Open Cup stuff and other news at the end to take our minds off this shit for 5 minutes. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Contributors automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

It was a bad weekend, to put it mildly, as a lot of the cracks that Rangers have been papering over were exposed. Thankfully, Shane and Todd found a perfectly reasonable man like themselves to discuss that horror show in CROpod original Peter. What's going on off the park at Ibrox these days; how it translated to that showing on the park; how does Gio get that out of the team and focused ahead on Ajax Wednesday; dugs as footballers; and more! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution to help the show or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a regular contrbutor. Contributors automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find Peter on Twitter: @Seasider06 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's back for a quick Sunday spot after a terrible Saturday on the park. Sometimes it takes a day that bad to finally bring into focus for many the problems at Rangers. At least we know how to fix this kind of thing. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Contributors automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's back to close out the week ahead of Saturday's Old Firm derby with another Second Hand News. More on Rangers' messaging and media briefing that was discussed on Monday as Alfredo Morelos returns to the squad and how it fits into the larger club narrative. Plus, Ross Wilson and Stewart Robertson's words mean nothing; and preparing for the first big domestic test of the season. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Contributors automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and his ex-pat buddy Colin are back for more CROpod Explains America, and they're tackling a $1.7 trillion (yep, trillion) part of the economy: the student loan system. Some quick Rangers deadline day chat before how paying for university even begins to work in the US. Colin can relate for a while, then Shane breaks his head with the tale of how we got to this spot in the first place. But some good news at the end—kind of. When you've buried an entire generation in insurmountable debt, how much good news can there be? For actual information on how to pay for university in America visit NACACnet.org. ***** SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid Become a monthly contributor or hit the "Support" button to make a one-off and help the CROpod. Either way, you automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Colin on Twitter: @DonttellCol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The full panel is back for a pre-deadline day/pre-derby day edition of the CROpod! Shane, David and Todd are ready for whatever Gio and Rangers have for them with their yellow neckties dry cleaned and pressed and their purple bedroom accouterments on hand. A sudden change of heart when it comes to VAR; a decade of Pjanic Watch continues; please sign someone who can play on the wing, Mr Rangers; ticket prices and streaming services; a special tribute to the final Soviet Premier; and we announce the winners for our August drawing! (If you were one of the winners, Shane will reach out to you sometime over the next week or so to sort out your details.) SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Contributors automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane is back for another quick round of Second Hand News as the transfer deadline looms. Seeing as we have one fit striker and what should be piles of cash per the board's own notes, it's disappointing some are spending time worrying about what's being said in the press. Plus, the whole briefing strategy lately has been a bit short-sighted and misguided, and Scottish refs continue to be terrible but at least it benefited Rangers this time. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Rangers returned to North America in 1976 for the first time in more than two decades, embarking on a five-stop tour beginning in the Pacific Northwest. As the USA geared up for its bicentennial and Gerald Ford was on the campaign trail in Portland, Oregon, Rangers rode into town (literally on the day) to take on the Timbers on 23 May. In the third episode of the Rangers From Sea to Shining Sea series, Shane Nicholson is joined by longtime friend of the CROpod Gary Havlin and brand new friend Don Cox to talk about the third matchday of the 1976 tour. How did Bruce Rioch's little brother almost not survive?; Was it really Jock Wallace that played peacemaker?; and Does Providence Park still have a feral cat colony? All that and more in this special episode! Find more information with Shane's expanded Episode Notes: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid/episode-notes-rangers-from-sea-shining-sea-portland-timbers-1976 Special thanks again to Don Cox, Michael Orr, and Mike Donovan for their help with this episode. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid Make a one-off contribution or click the Membership tab to help us out monthly. Everyone who supports the show is entered into our drawings for great Rangers gear from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Gary on Twitter: @RangersFACTS ***** Episode 1: Chicago Sparta 1930 Episode 2: Fall River Marksmen --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

It's time for Shane and Todd to wither away slowly on their Desert Island yet again, but this go round someone has been careless enough to drop a case full of their favorite Action Flicks overboard and it's washed ashore along with a Blue Ray player and a nice big television. The guys run down their top five guns and explosions and summer blockbusters, and we go through a tranche of listener lists. Good to know we're all pretty much on the same page when it comes to what big damn Hollywood budget-breakers we'd all want to watch as we await our demise. Special thanks to whoever put together the montage we pulled off YouTube for the intro. SUPPORT THE CROpod! We made it easier. Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

More new CROpod material has finally arrived as Shane and Scotch ex-pat Colin are here to give their best effort at explaining America, and why not start with an attempt at one of the reasons our system of government is the way it is: there are way too many elections. Did you know Shane has to vote for his coroner? It's true! Or that in some years (and they plan this) there are three or maybe even four consequential elections all thrown together in the space of about nine months? Hell, Colin can be a party member and raise donations and everything but he can't vote. None of it makes sense, but is anything done to change it? Is it fuck. This is America, baby! Sit down, lock in and get ready for the ride! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Colin on Twitter: @DonttellCol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Despite all of his best and most illegal efforts, Richard Nixon's presidency is crumbling around him. And now, it's a matter for the US Congress to decide whether he's still fit for the office. In Episode 7 of their Watergate at 50 series, Shane and David are here to explain just what impeachment is, because people in 1974 didn't really know. Why had the nation avoided this for over a century?; Who was going to run this process in the House of Representatives?; What the [expletive deleted] is [expletive deleted]?; When would the president's Republican allies finally jump ship?; and How did we reach the final days of Nixon? SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a monthly contributor or sponsor. Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks ******************** Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money Episode 3: A Third-Rate Burglary Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer Episode 5: Cox, Lies and Audiotape Episode 6: Shaping the Story --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and Todd will be back with some more Desert Island tomfoolery before next week's Champions League playoff tie, but, unlike our Dutch opponents, you might need something to get through an away day at the weekend (THANKS SFA!). So here's the first episode of the Desert Island series, and it's the absolute classic pub version: the five albums you would take to go wither away and die on a small hunk of rock in the middle of the ocean. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane, David and Todd are back in business following Rangers' draw on Tuesday night with PSV. Some talk about the football; how media rooms work; David offends as many social groups as possible before Shane throws it to break to save whatever listeners we have left; Todd has Canadian weirdoes of his own to contend with; don't do drugs; a few of your questions; and more! SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from our friends at The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane's back for a quick look at some news items from the past week in the CROpod's Second Hand News. Aberdeen shed some more light on a SPFL broadcasting plan and no one seems to know why we're doing this right now; Graham Spiers continues to oddly pick the wrong fights; Bill Leckie continues to have a job in 2022 somehow; and the Souness thing from the weekend continues to be a story but no one can really explain why. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The Watergate story would never have been told without the relentless work of a number of journalists, not just Woodward and Bernstein. To that end, Shane and David are back in Episode 6 of their Watergate at 50 series to talk about the people left out of the history as told in popular culture. In this show, the guys introduce you to the city editor of the Washington Post, the man whose name was listed first on their Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Watergate, Barry Sussman. Plus, how all that leaking worked; how the media failed to make people care about the story before the 1972 election; how by the Spring the White House can't get out of the way anymore; and Leon Jaworski proves to be just as adept as his predecessor in the Special Prosecutor's office. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks ******************** Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money Episode 3: A Third-Rate Burglary Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer Episode 5: Cox, Lies and Audiotape --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and David had to get together on a Friday because the SPFL continues to shoot itself in the dick when it comes to broadcasting contracts. The pair lay out what this new deal would actually mean; how it stacks up to comparable leagues (very poorly); and what should actually happen in negotiations that don't need to be finalised for nearly another three years. SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The week in CROpod is much better as Rangers overturn another Belgian pretender and Malik Tillman has already made his case for a permanent display in the new Edmiston House. Shane, David and Todd talk about the fun that is football when football is fun along with some love for John Lundstram continuing to not give one single shit about your feelings. Plus, Florida man has his house raided by the FBI; David gives us his Death Row Meal (tie-in content!); some questions from the listeners; and more! ***** SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from one of our Rangers merch friends. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and Todd are back and invariably doomed to death either slowly on their Desert Island or perhaps in an American prison to be named. But at least they have some final meals to look forward to! The guys break down the three-squares on the menu before meeting their ultimate fate; tell you about some famous last meals in recent memory; and, of course, take on some listener suggestions for their scran supremo. SUPPORT THE CROpod! We made it easier. Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5. ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The long-awaited follow-up episode in Shane's Rangers From Sea to Shining Sea series is finally here, as he takes a look at a three-time opponent during the Struth tours, the Fall River Marksmen. Did we actually play them in Fall River? Did we play them to help raise money after the city caught on fire (again)? Did the Marksmen survive a trip to Central Europe after we left them on our last visit? All that and more in this special CROpod episode. HELP SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid And find more about this podcast with Shane's episode notes: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid/episode-notes-rangers-from-sea-shining-sea-fall-river-marksmen ***** Rangers From Sea to Shining Sea Episode 1: Chicago 1930 Find more from the present-day Fall River Marksmen FC RIGHT HERE. Video from the 1928 fire is available here. And video of Archie Stark's famous 5-goal (maybe?) performance for the USA is available here thanks to the work of @soccermavn. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

We've joked about it before but it does appear Rangers are deadset on introducing a whole new generation to what the mid-90s felt like. Thankfully, Shane, David and Todd have all already lived it and know how to prepare. Plus, comedians who aren't funny; David thinks he is funny; nutjobs take a loss in Kansas; and more! Read a special thank you note to our listeners and supporters from Shane. ***** SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from one of our Rangers merch friends. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane is down with a bit of an ear problem so the latest Watergate at 50 installment has been pushed back a couple of days, but we've gone into the vault for something you may have missed: from May of 2021, it's the third edition of his and Todd's Desert Island series as the North American contingent give you their top One-Hit Wonders! The guys look at the five must-have singles they're taking to live out the rest of their lives in squalor on an uncharted hunk of rock in the South Pacific. Plus, they evaluate and judge some listener submissions and ridicule each other's selections. Read a special thank you note to our listeners and supporters from Shane. ***** SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from one of our Rangers merch friends. July's winner was Bobbi Cairns who will be getting a little gift pack from The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and David are only about halfway home in their Watergate at 50 series, and if you've missed anything, now is your chance to get caught all the way up with the first five episodes. Meet Dick Nixon and all the other dicks along for this ride; learn about the break-in which wasn't the first one but was the worst one; the Senate committee hearings that became Must-See-TV; and a bow-tie-clad man who became Nixon's worst enemy. It's seven hours of Watergate to fill your earholes. Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance: 0:00:00 to ~1:07:00 Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money: ~1:08:00 to ~2:30:00 Episode 3: A Third-rate Burglary: ~2:30:00 to ~4:10:00 Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer: ~4:10:00 to ~5:45:00 Episode 5: Cox, Lies and Audiotape: ~5:45:00 to End SUPPORT THE CROpod! Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

The full panel is back in action as Shane, David and Todd work to get in shape for the upcoming league campaign. Actual talk about football for the first bit of the show; a mass shooting down the street; absolutely awful people masquerading as public servants; maybe don't lean into the stereotype of being a bunch of junkies; and more! Read a special thank you note to our listeners and supporters from Shane. ***** SUPPORT THE CROpod! Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Supporters automatically enter our monthly drawing for some swag from one of our Rangers merch friends. This month's winner was Bobbi Cairns who will be getting a little gift pack from The Famous. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5 Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk ***** Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

Shane and David are back for the fifth installment of the Watergate at 50 series, as the wheels begin to come off the presidency of Richard Nixon while a bowtie-cladded Harvard lawyer drills closer to the Oval Office before being spectacularly dispatched. This week, we meet the Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, a man Nixon couldn't have conjured up in his worst nightmares to steer the investigation into his administration's dirty tricks. Plus, the tapes take center stage and we have a bunch of them for you; Nixon fights the courts every step of the way to protect those recordings; and ultimately hatches the Saturday Night Massacre, setting the stage for the final act of his time in office. SUPPORT THE CROpod! We made it easier. Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. Find everything from Heart & Hand: https://heartandhand.co.uk/ Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find David on Twitter: @ibroxrocks ******************** Episode 1: A Man of Perceived Grievance Episode 2: Lawyers, Guns and Money Episode 3: A Third-Rate Burglary Episode 4: A Simple Country Lawyer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message

David is at the football but Shane and Todd have agreed to return to their Desert Island after a long time away. In what could only be described as "an episode of a podcast," the guys play a little game Todd found on the internet, picking their top films from the years 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019. It will come as a shock to no regular listener that it gets more difficult as the years move along. SUPPORT THE CROpod! We made it easier. Just visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ofvoid You can make a one-off contribution now or click the "Membership" tab for information on how to become a sponsor. ***** Support our friends at Anam Cara Fasgadh, a charity for bereaved parents and families: https://www.anamcarafasgadh.org/ Support Joey's Journey at https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/joeys-journey/ or text CCLG 5 JOEY to 70300 to donate £5. ***** Visit our friends for the best Rangers gear: coplandstreetwear.co.uk and thefamousheadwear.co.uk Find Shane on Twitter: @ofvoid Find Todd on Twitter: @heyitstva --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cropod/message